Striking members of the National Union of Journalists at Gannett's U.K. newspapers have disclosed their annual pay in the run-up to the start of tomorrow's second two-day protest at one of the dailies over planned job cuts, according to The Guardian newspaper.
In a new story, the Guardian says: "On a blog set up to explain their case, they point out that their owner, Newsquest/Gannett, has imposed a pay freeze since July 2008, scrapped loyalty bonuses and axed final salary pensions."
The strikers reveal that starting pay for a graduate trainee journalist is £16,500 and that a senior reporter with five years experience gets less than £22,000, according to the paper. At current exchange rates, that is U.S. $25,869 and $34,492
Union members staged their first strike Nov. 18-19, protesting Newsquest's plans to move copy-editing jobs 80 miles away to a newspaper production hub.
Related: read their strike blog
Monday, December 06, 2010
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Nice to see that the UK properties practice Martore's mantra of cheap, cheap, cheap.
ReplyDeleteNo wonder she said Gannett's making a lot of money from the UK operation! Maybe she should have said that she and Craigy and their pals are making a lot of money!
Don't let up on Gannett. And let's see some action by the Labour Party!
They got a union and that's all they make? Who is running that unit the Detroit Guild?
ReplyDeleteThey make so little and Gannett is still fighting with them to decrease their wages? Most of the remaining USCP employees make more than that yearly. I can't believe that the UK properties aren't ranking in the dough, either.
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